Chapter 102 Li Luo, stop right there!
On Saturday, school ends at noon.

However, students who have joined the competition clubs still have to stay in school and go to the corresponding classrooms for training.

Ying Chanxi had to continue his classes in the afternoon, and Li Luo was bored, so Yan Zhusheng invited him to hang out in the rock club.

"Your rock club also has activities every week." Li Luo followed Yan Zhusheng and walked towards the school gymnasium.

Because the rock club uses musical instruments, if the activity venue is set up in the teaching building, it may disturb the students in other classrooms.

So the school arranged the rock club in the activity room on the second floor of the gymnasium.

"We have to practice together recently." Yan Zhusheng said, "There will be a school sports meeting at the end of the month, and our band will perform at the opening and closing ceremonies."

"Wow, are you serious about this?" Li Luo was a little surprised. He thought the school clubs were just for students to play around with, but they actually took part.

In his previous life, in high school, there was no such thing as a band, let alone performing on stage.

The opening ceremony of the sports meet was just each class walking past the playground and listening to the principal and his colleagues’ long speeches while the students basked in the sun below.

And the Affiliated No. 1 Middle School actually provides the school band with the opportunity to perform.

"Hey, you guys are here."

On the second floor of the gymnasium, seeing Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng approaching together, the short-haired girl who was playing drums in the corner smiled and greeted them, "The others haven't arrived yet, so you have to wait a little while."

"Okay." Yan Zhusheng nodded, walked to the cabinet beside him, and took out his guitar.

"Zhu Sheng, Qian Siliang has asked for leave today, so you can take charge of the keyboard." Niu Qingling said in front of the drum set in the corner, "Li Luo, come and play the guitar for a while?"

"Me?" Li Luo hesitated. "She said you guys are training for the sports meet song recently, right? I'm an outsider so I won't join in the fun."

"Xie Shuchen will also be here in a while, but he said he will be a little late, so you can help out first." Niu Qingling said.

"alright."

The rock club has very few members.

Ever since three seniors quit the club after National Day, there are only eight people left in the Rock Club.

Among them, Niu Qingling is a drummer and has just taken over as the president of the rock club.

In addition, there are four freshmen in the first year of high school and three sophomores in the second year of high school.

Among these seven people, in addition to Yan Zhusheng, there is a bassist, two guitarists, a keyboardist, and two lead singers.

Among them, a guitarist and a lead singer, although they did not quit the club because of competitions and training in their second year of high school, were actually almost the same as quitting the club, and they rarely came to the club.

So now they can barely hold up the framework of a band, with one person in each position, and a free man like Yan Zhusheng, who can move wherever needed.

After a while, Wei Duo, who was responsible for lead vocals, and Shao Youpeng, who was responsible for bass, also arrived.

Li Luo had nothing to do, and seeing that Xie Shuchen had not arrived yet, he temporarily took over the guitarist's position and tinkered with Yan Zhusheng and the others, practicing the song "Brave Heart" that they were going to sing at the opening ceremony.

Li Luo had a lot of fun, since he was just a non-staff member anyway.

It was around three o'clock in the afternoon when Xie Shuchen arrived. Li Luo gave up his seat and quietly watched the band's performance.

But at four o'clock in the afternoon, during the band's intermission, lead singer Wei Duo privately called Niu Qingling out.

I don’t know what they said, but when they came back, they both looked a little unhappy.

"Let's stop here for today. Everyone can go home and rest." Niu Qingling said this after returning.

But the others were not stupid and they clearly sensed that something was wrong.

After Wei Duo left, Li Luo asked curiously, "What happened?"

"Hmm..." Niu Qingling smiled a little awkwardly, "Maybe I should tell the teacher. I guess I won't be able to perform at the sports meet."

"What the hell is this about not being able to play?" Xie Shuchen on the side yelled, "We were practicing during the National Day, why can't we play? What did Wei Duo say just now?"

"She's not coming anymore, is she?" Shao Youpeng snorted. "I remember she's going to participate in a chemistry competition recently. I guess she doesn't want to waste time."

"Well, that's it anyway." Niu Qingling covered her head in distress. "I guess we won't be able to get enough people together for the sports meet. We can only wait until the New Year's Eve party at the end of the year. Everyone should be free then."

"Tsk." Xie Shuchen was a little unhappy. He had been looking forward to showing off at the sports meet for a long time. Before coming here today, he even talked to Ying Chanxi about it, but it was gone just like that. "Can't we do it? How about I sing?"

"Uh..." Niu Qingling looked at Xie Shuchen, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Why don't we give it a try?"

A few people started to act again, but this time, Xie Shuchen was both the guitarist and the lead singer.

The moment he held the microphone, Xie Shuchen was a little excited. He began to imagine himself passionately on the stage of the sports meet, and he felt a little light-headed.

But soon, reality gave him a hammer.

If Xie Shuchen simply strummed chords on the guitar and then sang a folk song while holding the guitar, he would have no problem.

But when it comes to singing a rock song like "Brave Heart", Xie Shuchen's already limited singing skills are somewhat stretched.

I couldn't sing the high notes, and when I tried to sing the chorus, my voice became hoarse.

After going out of tune, the guitar could not be played steadily and there were many mistakes.

So Niu Qingling stopped playing halfway through, saying helplessly: "Why not just forget it, the sports meet is held every year anyway."

"It won't be our turn next year, President." Shao Youpeng rolled his eyes. "If it really doesn't work out, I'll just go for the physics competition. I'm just making time for it anyway."

If Shao Youpeng hadn't wanted to show off his skills in front of Xu Youyu, and Yan Zhusheng next to him was also pleasing to the eye, he would have slipped away long ago.

At this time, Li Luo, who was watching the show, couldn't help but ask, "Senior, why don't you let Zhu Sheng sing?"

"Ah?" Niu Qingling was stunned for a moment, "Can she sing?"

"No... Don't you know?" Li Luo was also stunned, and turned to look at Yan Zhusheng, "You didn't tell me?"

"Hmm?" Yan Zhusheng tilted his head. "I told you, I can say any position."

"But..." Niu Qingling opened her mouth.

Because in her impression, when Yan Zhusheng was interviewed, she played all the instruments right away, and even her drums looked very good, showing that she had really learned them. So Niu Qingling didn't even think about the fact that Yan Zhusheng could sing, and subconsciously arranged her for another position.

"Come on, sing a few lines." Li Luo handed the microphone to Yan Zhusheng, "Just Brave Heart, the chorus, it's the feeling of flying~"

“This is the feeling of flying~”

“This is the feeling of freedom~”

Yan Zhusheng picked up the microphone, closed his eyes, and sang two lines in a cappella, instantly getting into the mood. The explosiveness and power of his high notes stunned Niu Qingling.

"You see, she can do it." Li Luo said with a smile.

"But." Niu Qingling's face flashed with surprise, and then he said with a bit of embarrassment, "But if this happens, the keyboard player's position will be vacant."

"Where's Qian Siliang?"

"He said he was asking for leave, but he's already asked for leave several times, which actually means he's not coming..."

"Um... how about I do it?" Xie Shuchen volunteered, "I'm better at piano than guitar, but I don't know how it compares to keyboard."

"You can give it a try." Niu Qingling's eyes lit up. "It's not a big difference. You just need to be able to read the music."

"In that case, Xie Shuchen will be in charge of keyboards, Shao Youpeng will be the bassist, Zhu Shengni will be the lead singer, and then..."

At this point, Niu Qingling's eyes fell on Li Luo: "Li Luo, do you want to play with me?"

"...Yan Zhusheng can sing while playing the piano." Li Luo curled the corners of his mouth, wondering why this matter was brought up on him.

But Yan Zhusheng took the microphone, took a step back, and then said, "I can't."

Li Luo: “?”

"Hey, come on." Niu Qingling put the guitar in his hand, "Do you have a competition to participate in?"

"……No."

"Are you busy with other club activities?"

"I'm from the basketball club..."

"Did you go to the basketball club's school team selection?"

"...No, but I'm still in the literature club."

"The literary club only needs to submit one manuscript every month," Yan Zhusheng added.

Li Luo: "...You are quite smart at this time."

"I'm not stupid." Yan Zhusheng said seriously, with a hint of joy in his eyes.

It looked like a kitten had succeeded in doing something bad for the first time.

……

Around five in the evening, I walked out of the rock club.

Li Luo looked at the application form in his hand and sighed, "I got on this pirate ship for no apparent reason."

"Your guitar skills are not good enough." Yan Zhusheng reminded, "I can teach you for free."

"Thank you so much."

The two walked back to the classroom and packed their bags.

After a while, Ying Chanxi came down from upstairs.

"Li Luo, come upstairs and help me."

"Huh? What's wrong?" Li Luo packed his schoolbag and followed Ying Chanxi to the fourth floor. Then he watched her take out five or six furry dolls and stuff them into Li Luo's arms.

Li Luo looked down and saw that there were shapes of dolls, little crocodiles, and also cats and dogs.

Liu Shaowen bought so many dolls?

Li Luo was surprised for a moment and couldn't help asking, "Who sent these?"

"I don't know what's going on." Ying Chanxi wiped his forehead speechlessly, "Several boys gave me gifts today, and they were all dolls like this. I can't handle them all by myself."

"If you don't want it, just refuse it directly, right?"

"The problem is that I don't know who sent them." Ying Chanxi was very upset. "When I came back from cram school, there were these dolls on my desk. My classmates said that they were sent by several boys, but I don't know who they were."

Li Luo: “…”

Looking at the dolls in his arms, Li Luo felt inexplicably guilty.

But he clearly only told Liu Shaowen...

Just as he was thinking this, Yan Zhusheng also came upstairs, took out a cute doll from his schoolbag, and handed it to Ying Chanxi: "This is for you."

Ying Chanxi blinked, not quite reacting: "Zhu Sheng, why did you give me this?"

“A gift between friends.” Yan Zhusheng said, “My mother told me to be nicer to my friends.”

"But why is it also a doll..."

"Li Luo said that. He said you like dolls."

Ying Chanxi: “?”

"Li Luo! Don't run!"

"I do not know anything!"

"Stop right there! Why are you running if you don't feel guilty?"

(End of this chapter)